Champ Bailey’s injured quadriceps wasn’t recovered to the point where the Broncos cornerback wanted it to be Monday night. Then again, sitting on the sideline a week ago, for only the third missed game in his storied nine-year NFL career, wasn’t where he wanted to be, either.

He made no excuses about the leg. The only alibi offered was Brett Favre’s perfection on the two bombs to beat Denver in overtime 19-13.

“It felt OK,” Bailey said. “The leg wasn’t where I wanted it to be, but I’m going to be like that the rest of the year.”

Despite playing at a level less than 100 percent, Bailey led the Broncos in solo tackles with seven. Favre missed only six of his 27 passes. Bailey defended three of those misses, including Favre’s final throw in regulation.

He was one of three members of Denver’s secondary to whiff on Favre’s first TD of the night, a 79-yarder to wide receiver James Jones. Safety Nick Ferguson and right cornerback Dré Bly also grabbed air as Jones cut from one side of the field to the other.

The game winner was all on Bly. “I looked up, and I couldn’t find the ball,” Bly said. Green Bay receiver Greg Jennings, who caught the 82-yard pass for the one-play winning drive in overtime, said: “I know they have two of the best cornerbacks in the game.”

“If we’re in position, we make those plays,” Bailey said.

On the first score, Bailey said: “I let the receiver run up on me and (Favre ) wasn’t even looking. All of a sudden, he throws it up. He stepped behind me. I tried to get him, but it was still too late.”

There were no surprises. “We know what he likes to do. We didn’t make it happen,” Bailey said. “It’s us not being us. I give him credit. He’s not going to miss many passes.”

So now it’s a matter of coming back, from the thigh injury and the pain of an overtime loss on a national stage. “We have to come back,” Bailey said.

Four assistant basketball coaches at Division I schools and a top Adidas executive were among 10 people charged Tuesday with crimes including bribery and fraud as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation into corruption in college basketball.

CenturyLink, the telecommunications company that ended its sponsorship agreement with Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall because of his protests during the national anthem last year, said it will not terminate its agreement with current client Emmanuel Sanders.